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El Duderino

THE BIG LEBOWSKI is a 1998 crime comedy from the Coen brothers starring Jeff Bridges as pot-smoking slacker, 10-pin bowling enthusiast and all-round legend Jeffrey Lebowski, known to all and sundry as The Dude. He also goes by His Dudeness, Duder or El Duderino “if, you know, you’re not into the whole brevity thing”.

“Our client is a massive fan of the film,” says Smoked Garage’s Benny Selbosker, “and wanted to combine his love of it with his newly acquired love of motorcycling. We call it El Duderino.

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